Looking over our negatives from 30 years ago this week, we have photos of the Go-Go’s in concert at the Music Hall. (Boy, I miss that venue. That was a great place for concerts.) Anyway, the Oct. 5, 1984, concert was part of a short Texas and Oklahoma tour to promote the “Talk Show” album. […]
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On April 15, 1984, Eurythmics brought their blend of British synth-soul to the University of Houston’s Cullen Auditorium. The Houston Chronicle’s Michael Spies reviewed the show for its next day’s editions and Ben DeSoto photographed the concert. (At the same time, the paper’s Marty Racine was at the Billy Joel concert at the Summit.) Spies […]
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You probably remember the I-45 Drive-In off West Road and the North Freeway. Thirty years ago Chronicle photographer Steve Ueckert went there for an article on how much the movie-going landscape had changed in Houston.
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Do you remember the Borden’s Ice Cream plant on the south side of downtown? It was off Milam and Calhoun (now St. Joseph’s Parkway). If you do, then you probably remember the day it exploded and how it nearly turned into a tragedy.
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In this photo, taken 30 years ago today, actor Clint Eastwood and Carolyn Farb are outside the Galleria III & IV movie theater for the world premiere of Eastwood’s latest Dirty Harry movie, “Sudden Impact.” Remember when the Galleria had a movie theater? I digress. With the two in the photo is Kent Waldrep, head […]
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The July 1, 1983, edition of the Houston Chronicle told of a new plan by a group of real estate agents and developers to revive the 23-year-old Westbury Square. Reporter James R. Pierobon noted that the group, named W.S.A. Ltd., agreed to buy the shopping center from a Canadian group for about $3 million ($7 million in 2013 dollars).
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The General Cinema theater at Meyerland was one of eight in Houston showing “Return of the Jedi” when it opened on May 25, 1983. As expected, the fans came out in droves to see the final chapter in this first Star Wars trilogy. And after the awesome “Empire Strikes Back” who could blame them? Who […]
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Thirty years ago today, Skip Stanley gave a reason for Houstonians to look up. As downtown workers slowly trickled into town to begin the work week, Stanley — wearing a blue mask, blue wig and a blue cap bearing the Texas flag — set out to climb the 71-story Allied Bank tower (now Wells Fargo […]
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